äimän käki
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Literally äimän (“astonished”) käki (“cuckoo”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (idiomatic) An astonished or stunned person.
- olla äimän käkenä ― to be astonished
Usage notes edit
Usually only used in the essive singular or in similes with kuin.
Synonyms edit
- H. Moilanen (colloquial)